In this article you'll learn how to use the ActionScript Sound object to make a Macromedia Flash movie that starts and stops a sound and controls its volume and balance, similar to the sample movie below.

To view this demo, you need the latest version of the Macromedia Flash Player.
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To use, click the Play button (the small arrow at the bottom of the player) to start the sound. Drag the sliders to control the sound's volume and balance. Click the Stop button (the small square) to stop the sound from playing.

This article is intended for intermediate Flash users who have a basic familiarity with ActionScript.

Download the Windows Sound Player source file (208K)
Download the Macintosh Sound Player source file (276K)

If you have trouble downloading or decompressing the files, see TechNote 13686.

About the artwork

About ActionScript objects

Attaching a sound to a Timeline

Creating a Play button

Creating a Stop button

Creating a volume control slider

Creating a balance control slider

Customizing the sliders

Tim Statler Tim Statler writes tutorials for the macromedia.com support site. 23 January 2002 Flash, sound object, tutorial, Sound.setVolume, setVolume, volume, set, method, balance, setPan, pan, slider, shared library, libraries, export, linkage 9879